It seemed alright by dawn's early light, though she looked a little worried to me. She tried to pretend he wasn't drinking again, but daddy left the proof on her sheet. Some folks whisper, some folks talk, but everybody looks the other way. And when time ran out, there was no one left on Independence Day. Let freedom ring, let the wind sing. Let the whole world know that today is a day of reckoning. Let the weak be strong, let the right be wrong. Roll the stone away, let the guilty pay, it's Independence Day. Well, she lit up the sky that 4th of July, by the time that the firemen come. They just put out the flames and took down the walls and sent me to the county hall. Now I ain't saying it's right or it's wrong, but maybe it's the only way. Talk about your revolution, it's Independence Day. Let freedom ring, let the wind sing. Let the whole world know that today is a day of reckoning. Let the weak be strong, let the right be wrong. Roll the stone away, let the guilty pay, it's Independence Day. Roll the stone away, let the guilty pay, it's Independence Day.